JULY 16. 193s

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FOR

‘THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

LRMERS. Spock BREEDERS and GARDENERS

PAGE ELEVEN

YMELY NOTES on Topics CONNECTED wml I

Silver’ Fox Farming‘ _

foot high and seven inches wide. rounded at the back lower corner, makipr- three or four divisions for feeding in each compartment. They have been in Place only a couple of days but the pups seem m n“; be. come used to them and we believe the scheme will work out. all right.

‘I. A. Wright, Eugene, Oregon, ncher, writes in the American al Fur and Market Journal g the use of copper in the let of owln foxes or foxes that i a to e pel ed. He claims that ppef is a very necemary in coi-

r, as it assists 1n the assi. ation f iron which is the main pigment arming mineral. However, if iron . deficient in the food, he claims e copper is of no benefit. Here is hat he writes:-

"1 dissolve one pound of copper ulphate (blue vltiol) in two quarts r water in a glass dish, and be- 'nnlng about August 1st and con- ‘nuing until pelting time 1 ive bout ten drops of this eolu ion ally to each ox when fed twice ally, or six drops when fcd once lly. I place this amount of the p solution in the water with hlch the feed is mixed and mix it ell. The feed that I was using con- ‘ ted of a. commercial fox feed to hich was added about 40% horse eat and a small amount of ground getables .

_'I‘he estimates are that the num- ber of seals which the United States Government controls at. the Pribllof Islands. Alaska, is well over a million. In 1011 when the Bureau oi fisheries took over the manage- ment of the herd, the number had dWPDod to around 125.000.

B. J Delsman, of l-Iartland, Wis- consin. who is one of the most suc- cessful fox ranchers in that great fur stats, having won the Grand Championship and many other EMS at the Wisconsin elt show

t February, states tha he used furring sheds almost entirely on his ranch. He uts his adult pelters in these g sheds between June 15th and July 1st and keeps them there constanlv until pelting time. I-le does not beleive that. sheds produce animals with thinner fur than animals not raised in sheds. The sheds on his ranch do not have wire sides. They have wire floors. but the aides are made of sheet metal. He believes that pups raised in fur sheds have better color than foxes that are not raised in fur sheds. He covers the wire floor with some sort of ‘beddin and rtates that he» had very lit e trouble with off-color pelts e t when the bed- ding-got wet, sta ng the fur.

No ill effects were noted but ere was a very decided improve- ent in co-or. I received an aver- -.- of 38% or $12.50 more per pelt an I received from the same mber of pelts from the same '1 s of foxes the previous year. ring which I used the same brand feed as before.

This past year I had several other

ranchers using this cop r solu- n on about 100 foxes, wi each cher using a different commer- -= feed. The results were as vari- le as the feed used. Those us- g some of the higher priced pro- cts in some instances had some the poorest color, but most of em re orted an improvement in or an larger more thrifty pups.

Rapid -stride= in growth of pups occurs during the months of July and August and full growth as far as frame is concerned is usually at- tained" by" the middle of September. This is‘ therefore‘ s. critical month and the rancher must see thstsuffi-

Mtwlht 1 _olentfoodthat_iseasil assiilted ». m: E191; “if r1 18' Even. with plen fresllnwzter sad 3p 13y 01% friend copper sul- m fiét I11 magsaoflgrévrfi n e p 521:3)“ ‘a: the er fellow a chance, and

d that its med chronic diarrhoea. cholera.

. ntery. tropical diarrhoea and a iety of other purposes. Years ago used it as a remedy for worms sheep. and I presume it would ve some similar effect with lures. e average dose for an adult Juar- is four ins, and the ally

which . dsforafoxffigureouttobe grains, which seems s. rather -.- dose for a small animal like a whose total body weight in gust would not av e more one-tenth to one-f th of average man. I think it would be er if a e cares to use the for- - to out down the dose to about -thi.rd 1n other words to two s —which would figure-out to Nbout me-hslf a grain per fol.

season wehadq-uiteabitof le at feeding time with our l... that are housed in sheds 0r us. The oompartmentsare 6 X 10 0 X 12 and we have feed racks ohed to the wire consisting of . - about four inches wide on outside tacked to g piece of 2 on the inside. The ood is plac- on the outside shelf and the es pull it through the wire -a slow feeder, --a.nd very lit- food drops to the floor. They - about two feet off the floor. s higher. some lower. At feeding e some of the foxes would bite

those tiryioeatupsll the food, should be wceded out and if there is mom. raised separately. mo? up should get some in- divi attention: “are should be taken to toms of

worms,.h

the former indicated by a ravenous appetite and rough coat and un- thrifzuappearance, greyish nose and latter by coughing.

If worms are present the foxes should dosed, but care must be taken to select a day that is not too hot, and the foxes should not be fed for at least twelve hours prior to tbs . On a. hot day the excite- dosing and catching is li- on fits. If you find

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it is y because the rms have not-passed through the wel. In that case give a mixture of ces- tor oil and brandy, equal parts, in teaspoonful doses. Be sure and shake well before ing on the spoon as the in ients separate.

‘Pheuaecd-worm medicines is al- ways fraught with some danger if they are sufficiently potent to ac- oom the they are in-

added:

their neighbors and occasionally

out game pieces of fur. ‘This g thin spots on the shoulders . out down the price of the pelts. -. year we are putting boards I

of worm

be coup handfiPerhaps "the best remedy is

thractive principle of a punt

't rows in Europe and Asia. nowcoptrosied l ely b the Soviet Goverpment.__ Oilmof tiienopodrzum rank: next. audit is the inlradwnt of." of the fox worm remedies.

leaning replacing or pfnally

cholson’: Fox Health

(8 Feeds for l can!)

- ene .is ma...’ ’°.'..l‘°éi.“.“"ll.“‘*

- OI C, ' ded s the

used and. reoommen Rockefeller Institute for tha pur- aponae, as it is less-tonic or danger-

gukmmdivldua , foxes have what 4;. wn as med clnai idiosyncrasies an cccasiohall some foxes w dis-from the e e ts of worm medi- y- W r.“ iimlli “hrgxpwgrrnflhedlclnes thht will

ur-“ugis or adults of worms

ave Ertake some chan

Fur and Market mfifineditnrial, states that . _ year fgr ‘discasesha;

both mink an oxes- 6 Fofile that visitors should be bar- red and ranchers should not visit each other until more is learned a- m: mm is some w h-Pvw- 111W say watch, out for runny noses m4 Qoffl eyes in foxes. especially bu. It is often an early 01in 01' Sis moor and when it first sp ears more): at -

ill time to sava the erd s a day for 3 days Do‘ not

w koa your trouble a o cents .. month. (This wwflsr seem. ‘ll re.- net}. Unfortunately ‘I up fresh as ordered.) Prlgl U” 57m mm‘

M» "l" or" .. 2 u. box $1.50 delivered ms if ‘M-"x °° “l” m

" t nybod knows of so mention an. paper. Can n - mlitfi. t. don: about it. m any quantity. Dr. J. M. Niels -

_ th use o1‘ foxes everyone should 802 Kent sa, Charlottetown. bsealert and on his toes. Anti- ], ca

quumper serum has been 1_l and l8

Successful FOX Men Sal" FEED ti e Ross-Miller: Way

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. a“ since upon receipt of I r from Mr. MaeDor-ald orderinl . tenth supply of “Nicholson Io! th." It in only ihovl who 71.013

yard Nicholson's Fox Rea th

fall to reco-nise its value an I

iticner in their ranches. M l h' preservative both for their and nfnk this powder has dc‘- ‘raied its value in Ivlfl! ‘l

lav-rest ranchel on Prince Id-

. Island. And don't mm “It

f 1 can flvel ox ‘Nomad

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of Impose liver . l. Robert level Carter's Ware an rlottasowa. P. I. 1..

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I CONSERVATION I

COLUMN OI‘ PRACTICE OPINIONS OI T!!! G TIE USES AND ABUSE! OF BY MB. LUDLOW JENKINS.

A WBIKLY VITAL ISSUES AIIICTIN NATURAL IISOUBCIS MAlBHFllLD

' namsn LORDS DISCUSS TRAPPING

land, 124,000 cats and 86,000,000 rabbits

"I hive on both the estate of my mother and my own caught the

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Demand to Outlaw Steel Trap following animals, either maimed Gets Substantial Support by or definitely caught by the |steel trap; pheasant, wcodcock,

A most illuminatinl discussion snipe, duck (through the bill),

trapping and vermin took place, May 28, in the British House of Lords on a bill to prohibit manufacture, sale and use of the common steel trap.

The discussion was of value be- cause of its deliberative character;

on tra . p‘ mocrhen, fox, cow (by the lip),

cat, hounds, peacock, jackdaw, and l in the steel trap set for hawks, a

green woodpecker....Many of us t have seen the hounds caught by a 1 gin. I have seen it myself

because among the Lords are noted | "you; Lofdshlps must have at sportsmen, landowners. a-Btifllll- least one or two dogs, or perhaps turists, humanitarians‘. bwflllle l a ack of hounds, or even a tame

tab y, which you would hate to think had suffered. no matter for how short a time, when means can be found to deal with vermin and the rabbit pest which would not damage domestic pets or harmless birds. This Bill is to abolish cruelty."

The Earl of Ilchester, who led the opposition, declared his symp- athy for the most humane meth- ods possible in these matters, but the Bill went too far and was based upon theory, idealism and illusion. His speech indicated that he favored the prohibition of set-

commercial self-interest was not a factor. In the end the bill‘ was negatived by 46 to 42. 9- 105!‘! l) l0 narrow as to foreshadow that the subject may at some time be ex- plored in all its ramifications by a Select Committee.

Passage of‘ the ed by Viscount Tredegar, who struck the humanitarian chord in these words:

“I rise to speak for that which cannot speak for itself. I rise to plead the cause of the humble rabbit and other creatures. the little fauna which are caught in

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=- NEWSY NOTES —

E AGIIOOI-A

THI ORIGIN OF THE BLACK ' DEATH.

Readers may remembe a. former artlc.e on this pestllencieéighich in-

vaded England in

i .

this visitation on the continent. In

11005 it again visited England and |seems to have localized in London.

iwhere 1t was called the

zPlague: at least one hundred tsand citizens died within the 1 cc of six months. Now we _ at h these Destllenceg ‘what medical men call b

lsufferlng humanity." _ In Britain one sometimes r - the extermination of the old

iBlack Rat. by the newcomer,

' fiercer and commonly (but erroneously)

the Norweiglan Rat. I believe wasted a good deal of sympathy on the Black Rat, which is now very

I rare in Britain. though it is

, popular name. the Ship Rat.

devflstalins Europe. 1:. is said that twenty-five million people died of

, Plague; and its disappearance, says la modern writer, "can only be re. ‘Bardod as one of the most amazing pieces of luck ever experienced by

after

Great thou- short know

were ubonir;

ead of native the

stronger Brown Rat.

called we

still to

be found in ships whence its third

At. tilt

time of the Great Plague of Lon-

don. and for many centuries

before

the Black Rats were abundant in the houses. prefering the society of

man when possible on the continent too, and

. They swarmed

apart

from the enormous damage they did

gin traps. ting traps in the open, and that .to the food supplies, they were the Viscount Tredegar quoted the traps set in holes should be visited ,carries of the dreaded disease, the Ministry of Agriculture. as recent- at. least twice a day. He malntain- ‘bubonic plague, though this was 1y as 1934, in an advisory leaflet? 118 ed that vermin and rabbits could not dreamed of at. the time.

regards the prevention of cruelty not be controlled without steel The bacillus (or "micro-be") of to animals in which “the spring traps, set properly, until some this plague multiplied in the blood trap is described as an exceedingly adequate substitute is found. of the Black Rat, which. from 1on8 unsatisfactory and undesirable 10rd OTIagan suggested that ell-patience of this kind, had be-

means of catching ground game and in the Ministry's opinion should not be used." As to wheth- er it is legitimate to exploit for commercial purposes he declared that " the House has frequently decided the principle at stake.

c. Select Committee-which would be able to consider it from all aspects and say if the proposals were such as would justify its being placed on the statute book.

Lord Moyn in favor of the

llbram les are the slave trade. Bill, advocated such methods as sweat ng of children in cotton the cage trap, with which he had factories, abolition of gin traps not had the slightest difficulty in for human beings in 182, aboli- catching small mammals for col-

tion of the sweeps and more re- lection purposes in other parts of

cently, the saging of wild birds." the world. The use of steel traps

It is impossible to give s. full ought to be forbidden "even if it report of the debate as it occupies does mean a certain change of 40 pages in the official printing. method.....There is no doubt

whatever that great cruelty is in- volved in these (steel) traps." The Duke of Buccleuch, dealing with the commercial aspect. de- clared that for every shilling a rabbit brings in the market it has done either him or some one else more than three times that amount of damage. Such trapping methods as snares. in his opinion, were as cruel as the steel trap.

But Lord Tredegar showed that the steel trap did not keep down the rabbit; population, that of the rabbits caught the vast majority were bucks, the does being more timid and staying mderground when they heard the squealing of other rabbits caught in traps. He

“There are 1.800.000 birds caueht in gin traps every year in Eng-

may think there is nothing to the trick. Mink also seem prone t0 diseases than foxes,

98.59.

Further on the editorial says: -- "we are in need of a new rule for fox shows. Every breeder entering foxes in the show should be requir- ed to resent an affadavit, that every ox which he 1s bringing to the show has been properly in- noculated for the prevention of dis- temper. Unless such s. rule is Dill? into force, calamity may come upon us and Wipe out most of these beautiful animals and thousands of others which may be infected when the show animals go borne."

is very im to turn ou a

proper nutrition. L- Stevenson. addressing the On-

London at an average of $266

With reference to the above. if» l8 the rule at the Provincial Fox Show. Charlottetown. to have each ex- hibitor sign his entry blank with a gtatement equivalent to an af- fadavit, that to the best of his knowledge and belief there is no disease on his ranch, and gives the number of foxes in the ranch and the number lost by death the l7"- oeding two mm“ '

rticles on din {hi3 lillfiolls l n“ g appear in hthe fill’ , am ve muc m9!!!‘ mmwllhxthe CHI}: and attention

the same market.

been

vember, 1937. and March 1st,

the total world production.

by Ros-Miller food made eeas."

SOPEX

KILLS EAR MITES FLEAS AND LICE

flawed and recommended by fur breeders throughput the world. Bapex has been known to snvr many chewed tail tipn.

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the matter go before a. tribunal—

successful ranchers of mink they

to be morle

a _ though they do not appear to de- velop lungworm and hookworm. Diet rtant with mink, and good colored pelt requires a thorough knowledge of

tario fur fanners summer school. said: --“When we consider that in 1020 less than 3.000 pelts of the silver fox were offered and sold a

and then compare this with the of- fering of 1937 —near1y 400,000 on selling at an average of about $30.00 a pelt -we realize that. the development has at. The 1938 offering will

en a further doubling up as it is estimated that not less than one million pelts are being offered this year on American and European markets." Note:—The Nortveiglans exported 290.816 pelts between 1213f;- so that the figure of one milllion is not so far-fetched, but is evidently

::A, TALBOT of Robertsonville,

breedq-e, and have noticed that those who took my advfce and stood suc-

of their species pierced the

access to the blood of other humans when bitten by the

ciety recorded above. was dire misfortune to mankind.

In attacking mankind the ence caused glandular swell the groin and armpits. and

death.

There was a hazy "Black Death." which nothing more than mourning. The last severe o

1720 1722. and then the

disappeared from

been struck by the often without being able to

Rat of Asia and from failure of its food

were pouring into Russia,

were all but wiped out.

killed out. the plague on th

only a secondary one. as bubonic plague was concern It. was not until

then with the rat. So afte centuries mankind was at possession of knowledge